Beet-harvesting machine.



H. HOLUB.

BEET HARVESTING MACHINE.

.APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1915.

Patented Jan. 4, .1916.'

- 4 sHEETs-sHEEI '3' HENRY Home,

` H. HOLUB.

BEET HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAY a, 915.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

4 SHEETSSHEET 4.

HENRYHQLUB HENRY HoLUE, or LoUIsE, TEXAS,- Assrenon oF :ONE-Trims) To IeNATz H. v-YvfAL, 0E LoUIsE,v TEXAS.

BEET-HAEVESTING MACHINE.

slleciilcation of Letters Pate I Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

Application nieta-May a, 1915. seriaimyaams. y

in theI county of Wharton and State of' 5 Texas, have invented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in Beet-Harvesting Machines, of vwhich the following is aspeciiication, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to lagricultural machinery, and particularly to machines for harvesting turnips, carrots, beets and other vegetables having tops protruding above the ground.,

T he primary object of myv invention is A, the provision of a machine of this character having means for grasping the top of the- Q vegetable, and also means for loosening the earth about the body of the vegetable and raising the body from the earth, and a fur- .ther object in this connection is to provide 01T the body of the vege- Still another object of my invention is to jprovide, in connection with the means' for `raising the vegetable from the earth and cutting ofi the body from the top, means i for conveying the top and body to two different portions of or receptacles on the machine. A Still another object of my invention is to provide a mechanism which is capable of use either for pulling andtopping two rows of vegetables or one row at a time.

Still another object of my invention is Q the provision, in a machine of\this char \acter, of a plurality of pairs of jaws movable in a closed path, each pair of\jaws being positively closed at the properfmoment in order to grasp a protruding top of the vegetable, and a plow or earth loosener `"used in connection with, the jaws and acting to loosen the earth so that the jaws in their upwardjmovement may carry the vegetable from the ground.

Still another obj-ect of this invention is the provision on the gripping jaws of laterally and. outwardly curved prongs or teeth, which, as the jaws close toward Vthe beet top, will lift the leaves of the beet top so that they may be readily engaged and firmly held by the jaws themselves.

A further object of my invention is to provide, in connection with the movable y55,? jaws, a knife arranged in the .path of the vvegetable which will sever the body of the vegetable from the tops, vwhich are gripped by the jaws, the body being discharged into a suitable carrierv and the top being also -discharged into another carrier.

Still another object of my invention is to' improve-generally upon the details of construction in machines of this character, simplify'them, and render them more positive in theiraction.

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevationofa beet harvesting machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine` shown in Fig. 1,a number of arms 27 with their -corresponding jaws being 4removed toavoid confusion; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a double machine, the upwardly projecting arms and jaw carrying members being removed in order to avoid confusion;v Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of two pairs of beet pulling jaws and the operating mechanism therefor; Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the pairs o f jaws; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional transverse view of the jaw supporting frame and actuating mechanism for the jaws; Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the means shown in Fig. 3 for adjusting the inner frame; Fig.

vup of a'plurality of radially disposed pairs of jaws, each pair of jaws being automatically closed as it reaches a certaln point and thereby gripping the top of a vegetable, the -jaws moving from that point upward, rearward, and forward in a circle, there being a plow or like earth loosening member disposed behind the point where the jaws are closed which acts to loosen the earth around the vegetables and permit their elevation by the jaws.`v

Disposed adjacent the path of movement of the jaws and at a pointA just before ,the

- jaws commence to move downward and rear-1" ward again, there 1s a knlfe against vwhich the body ofthe vegetable is brought where-- by the body is severed from the top which is I v,been completed, the jaws open to permit the tops grasped thereby to fall into another carrier. Meansare also provided for raisling the rotatable element carrying the` aws so-v as to increase or decrease its-distance from the ground, and means are also provided for independently raising or lowering the ground engaging element or plow.

y In Figs. 1 and 2, I showY a single row machine, and as vthat is the simplest form of my invention I will describe it first. In these figures, 2 designates, generally speaking, an outer frame approximately rectan' gular 1n form and to which a draft tongue 3 is operatively connected, as will be later described. -This frame 2 is supported by means of the usual forward traction wheels 4 and the rear traction wheels 5.

Mounted upon the frame 2 for vertical adjustment in a manner which will be later stated, is a supporting frame 6, likewise approximately rectangular in form. Preferably the side bars of the frame 2 are provided with the upwardlywextending guides 7 and the side bars of tl'ie in ner frame 6, or vertically adjustable frame, are likewise provided with guides 8 illustrated, as T-shaped in cross section, which have sliding engagement with the guides 7. The guides 7 may also be provided on the'rea end bars ofthe frames 2 and 6.

Mounted upon the frame 2 and extending transversely across it adjacent its rear end is a shaft 9, carrying a lever 10, this lever operating over aA sector 11. 'This shaft 9,

adjacent the side bar of the frame 6, is provided with the upwardly extending arms 12, which arms are connected by means of links 13 to the side bars of the frame 6. It will be obvious now that a rotation of the shaft 9 underthe action of the lever 10 will -cause the lifting of the frame 6 relative to the frame 2. The shaft 9 also has outwardly projecting arms, which maybe the arms 12, which are operatively connected by means of links or rods 15 to crank arms 16 mounted upon stub shafts 17 these crank arms being `connected by means of links 18 to the forward portion of the frame 6. Thus the .frame 6 may be readily adjusted vertically with referenceto the frame 2. A

Mounted upon the frame 6 at about its middle and extending transversely across the frame, is a shaft 19. this shaft being provided at its opposite ends with sprocket wheels 20 and 2l whereby the carriers, later described, will be driven. Mounted upon the shaft 19 and rotatable therewith is a rotatable drum-like member 22, which, as illustrated in Fig. 4, is formed with the two end walls 23 and the transverse peripheral wall 24.- Mounted at spaced distances upon the periphery of the drum 22 are a plurality' f face adjacent its opposite ends.

Extending outward at each end ofthe j base are the pairs of arms 27 each connected by'a cross bar 28 and pivotedbetween each pair of arms is the shank 29 of a clamping Vj aw 30.' This shank is pivoted upon a pivot pin 31 extending through the'two arms, and the'lower end of the shank is enlarged and -formed with a slot 32. Below this enlargement there is a neck terminating in an arcuate head 33, which head is adapted-to fit within theslot or recess 26a. A pin 34 passes through the slot 32 and is connected to themembers 27, this pin acting as a limiting stop to limit the 'oscillation of the levers or shanks 29 of the jaws. Each shank 29 at its outer end is angularlybent and carries upon it a jaw 30, this jaw having veither a smooth or corrugated activeface and being formed with the outwardly projecting teeth or prongs 36. It will be noted, of course, that there are two of these shank members 29 with complemental confronting jaws 30,

"and that when the inner ends of the shanks `reaches approximately its lowest point and shall remain closed during a portion of its 'of radially directed jaw supporting mem- Each jaw `supporting member comtravel, and that at a certain predetermined point the jaws shall open and remain open until they again reach they lowest point in their travel. For the purpose of automati- 'cally opening and closing the jaws l operatively support upon the frame formed by the members-27 and 28 the shaft 37. This shaft carries upon one end a bar 33 having diametrically disp'osed projecting pins 39 to which areconnected the links 40. These links 40 are each pivoted to a corresponding lever or shank 29, the stops l1 of this link being located on opposite sides of the lever. It will now be seen that upon a rotation of the 'shaft 37 in one direction the movement of the links will cause the levers 29 to be drawn toward each other, thus bringing the jaws 30 into action, and that upon a reverse movement of the shaft 37 the jaws will be the shaft 37, I mount upon this shaft the -pinion 42 which has engagement with aA toothed gear wheel 43, supported in anyv suitable manner, this gear wheel having projecting from it an arm 'This arm is drawn inward by means of a spring 45, 'this spring acting to urge the gearwheel 43 into such position that the jaws will be held open, but yielding t'o permit, upon an actuation' of the arm 44, the jaws'to be closed. For the purpose of engaging the arm 44 to close the jaws, I provide a. cam 46, this cam being circular in form and the entrance end of the cam beginning at aA point a little rearward of a vertical plane cutting through the aXis of the shaft 9, the other or eXit end of the cam terminating at a point vjust below the level of 4the frame 6. Both ends of the cam are deflected, and the several arms' 44 engage with this cam from the entrance end 47 thereof to the exit end 48 thereof.

As before remarked, the entrance end of the cam is deflected, and-as aV consequence causes a sudden lateral movement of the arm 44 of each pair of jaws, and therefore causes the sudden closing ofthe jaws just as the jawsare about to move upward and rearward in their path of travel. pair of jaws reaches the exit end of the cam, however, the spring will cause a reverse movement of the .arm 44 and of the gear wheel 43 and cause the opening of the` jaws, the amount to which the jaws are opened being regulated by the length of the slots 32, the jaws being held from lateral movement by the engagement of the lower terminal end 33 with the slot 26 formed in the base. or member-25.

For the purpose of loosening the soil, plowing up and assisting in lifting the vegetables, the tops of which have been engaged by the several jaws, I4 provide any suitable plow share or shovel, designated 49, which is disposed lbeneath the lowest point of the jaws and slightly rearward of a vertical plane cutting the shaft 19. I do not wish to be limited to the particular f orm of plow or shovel or other implement used for the purpose of plowing up the ground and assisting in raising the vegetables, but in Fig. 2 I have illustrated an ordinary shovel plow mounted upon divergent arms 50, the arms extending vupward and laterally outward and being slidingly supported .at their rear ends and on their outer ends'on the side bars cof the fra'me 6.

Mounted upon the frame 6 is a lever 51 operatively connected to the T-shap'ed terminal ends 52 of the supporting bars 50 and operating in conjunction with a sector 53.

'The terminal ends 52 engage-in vertical guides carried by the side bars of the frame 6. The supporting bars 50 of the plow are also connected by forwardly and upwardly When the extended pivotal braces 54 to theside bars of the4 frame 6. It willthus be seen that,`

the'plow may be raised or -lowered to any height required. As before remarked, I do' not-wish to be limited to the exact forml ofthese plows, and may use. the form of plow used in Fig. 9, this plow having the form of a disk and being designated-'55. j

The disk 55 is mounted upon anupwardly extending arm 123 formed at its upper end with ratchet teeth which engage with a sec-` tor gear 124 supported in any suitable manl ner and operatively connected to an actuating rod 125. Preferably the plews are transversely U-shaped so vas to notl only 'plow up the earth around and beneath the vegetable being raised, but likewise scoop the vegetable up so as to assist in raising it through the soil.

` As willl be noted in Fig. 1, the jaws close upon the beet, turnip, or other vegetable, at the lpoint where the top sprouts from the body of the vegetable., The plow'or shovel vassists the jaws in raising the vegetable` from'the ground andthe lvegetable is carried upward with the jaws, then forward and then downward. For the purpose of separating the body ofthe vegetable from the .-top, I provide a knife 56, this knife being slightly curved and formed in the-forward wall of an' inclined ,chute 57 which` delivers-the severed :bodypf the vegetable tol a carrier 58 whereby it is transferred to any suitable receptacle on the machine. The jaws still remain Aclosed after .the body4 is severed from the top,'but as soon as the jaws lhave passed the exit end 48 of the 'cam 46 the jaws will open, dropping the leaves apron or endless band, and passes aroundga from the top of the vegetable onto a car- ,rier 59. This carrier hasthe form of an roller 60 which is suitably supported from the frame of the machine, and from the roller 60V the carrier passes upward and forward and over a roller 6 1 which carries a sprocket wheel 62 over 'which passes a sprocket chain 63, this sprocket'chain pass.- ing over the sprocket wheel 21y mounted upon the shaft 19. Thus the carrier 59v is driven by the power ofthey machine. The carrier 58 is mounted at one end upon the roller 64 and at its. rear end passes over a roller 65 operatively supported upon -the frame of the machine. This roller 65 carries upon its. shaft the sprocket wheel 66 over which passes a sprocket chain67 passing to a sprocket wheel 68 mounted upon a4 the aXle'71 carrying ythe traction wheels 5.'

Also mounted upon this aXle 71 is a sprocket A wheel 72 which engages a sprocket chain 7 3 which passes forward and over thesprocket wheel 20 mountedupon the shaft l19. By

this means the revolving jaw carrying elei ment is actuated. The carrier 58 discharges the severed beets or other vegetables into receptacles may be changed withouti'changing the principle of operation of the machine. While I do not 4wish to limit myself to this, preferably, with a machine of the character described, the guidingv or steering wheels 4 are required to be actuated by steering mechanism, and to this end I pro-V vide" the .vertical shaft 76 carrying at its lower end the gear wheel 77 which meshes with a sector 78 carried by the lower axle, and thus by rotating the shaft 7 6 the steering wheels may be shifted to steer the vehicle.

The operation of my invention will be obvious from the description before given.

-As the machine moves over the ground, the

beet tops are grasped by the jaws and the beets aredrawn out of the ground and ca rried around until the body of the beet is severed from the top. The jaws then release the beet top carriedk thereby andJ the top and' body are carried to the several receptacles therefor. By raising or lowering the frame 6 by the mechanism heretofore described, the vertical elevation of th-e rotatable element formed by the jaws may be adjusted so that the aws will grasp the vegetable'at the junction off-"the top with the body. It is also possible, by actuating the vlever 51, to raise or lower the plow so as to vsecure the best results.

In Figs. 8 and 7 I have shown another form lof my invention which is practically the same as that heretofore described except that two sets of rotatable jaws are provided, two cutting devices, two chutes, two conveyers for carrying the beet bodies to the beet receptacle, and two conveyers for 83 and the steering mechanism previously carrying the tops, or leaves to the top receptacles, the framework being changed to accommodate this double construction.

Referring tov Fig, 3, 79 designates the outer frame which is the same as the frame 2 previously described, and 80 designates the inner frame. The inner frame is guided upon the outer'fram'e by means of the vertical `guides, as previously stated, and is raised andv lowered by a mechanism which will beV later stated. The outer frame is supported atits rear end upon an axle 81 having the rear traction wheels 82, which axle forms the means whereby the rotating parts of the mechanism are driven. l'Ihe outer frame is also provided with a tongue described. Mounted within the inner frame 80 is the transverse shaft V84 carrying pairs of jaw supporting members 85 which are precisely the same as those previously derI`he shaft 84 is driven by means of sprocket chains 86 which pass over sprocket wheels 87 carried at opposite ends of the shaft 84, and also over sprocket wheels 88 mounted upon the shaft 81. The levers 85 which carry the jaws 89 are mounted upon the spaced drums 90 in precisely the manner heretofore described and illustrated in Fig. 4, and these jaws are drawn toward each other or forced apart by means of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 4 and previously described. Inasmuch as this mechanism was fully described in detail for the form of machine illustratedin F 1, it will not be necessary to redescribe this portion of the apparatus.

Mounted u-pon the frame 80 are the braces 91 which extend inward from the frame 80 and carry upon them the vertical guides 92 in which the guide terminals 93 of the plow supporting bars 94 are supported. rIhese plow supporting bars 94 carry the shovel or other plow 95, such as previously described, and these plows are raised or lowered by means of a transverse shaft 96 having its ends operatively engaged with the several supporting bars 94, this shaft 96 being rotated by means of a lever or levers 97 operating in conjunction with sector gears. I do not wish to limit myself to this particular manner of raising or lowering the plows or earth looseners as it is obvious that other means might be used for this purpose.

The jaws are closed by means of the oppositely disposed cams 98, each mounted upon a longitudinally extending frame bar 99. `These cams are precisely the same as the cam 46, previously described, and have their exit ends inclined with relation to the path of travel of the actuating arms 44:L of the aws.

Disposed in front of each pair of jaws is a laterally inclined chute 100 and a knife 101, the knife being upwardly curved. These chutes 100 are inclined in opposite directions and deliver the severed bodies of the beets or other vegetables upon the carriers 102. These carriers, like the carriers 58, are preferably slatted-soas to prevent the beets or other vegetables from rolling 0H" the carriers. Each of the carriers 102 is mounted upon a roller 103 at'the forward endv of the machine, and also upon a roller 104 mounted at the rear of the machine. The roller 104 is connected to the driving axle 81 by means of a gear wheel 105 mesh-' ing with a gear wheel 106 carried upon a shaft 10Ga and power is transmitted. from v this shaft to the shaft of the roller 104 by means of a sprocket chain 107.

I `of bands or belts provided with slats or pref- I sprocket chain 112 passing over a sprocket wheel 113 mounted upon the shaft 8a.' Each of-the carriers 108 delivers into a top receiving body 114 which is provided with comb teeth'llf, on its forward wall coacting with.

' the teeth uponthe carriers and scraping -the tops from these carriersfdach ofthe carriers 102 discharges into a beet receiving receptacle-115 located at the rear of the Ina. chine, as heretofore described, or into any other suitable receptacle.' A Because of the fact'that the -double ma- I chine requires considerable power to vertithe severalelements of the machine.

machine, means somewhat different in operation for raising and loweringV the inner frame and its supporting parts than that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus in Figs. 3 and 7, the elevating means comprise a'verticallydisposed/,worm wheel 116; on each side of the machine, ea'ch engaged by a worm 117 on a verticallyv disposed shaft 118. ,The shafts 118 are supported upon the frame in .any suitable' manner, as isv the whrel 116.

The wheel '116 is mounted upon a shaft 119 supported in suitable bearings 120, and each of the shafts 119 carries inwardly extending radially directed arms 121, which, at'their extremities, are connected by links 122 to the inner frame. It will thus be seen that by rotating theshaft 118 the inner frame may be raised or lowered, and that because of the use of a worm and worin wheel the inner frame may be held in its vertically adjusted position.

Of course it is obvious that many means might be provided for the vertical adjustment of the inner frame and its supported parts and for the separate adjustment of asmuch as the manner of making these adjustments would be obvious to any mechanic familiar with agricultural machinery, I have illustrated only two forms of such adjustment and have not illustrated in detail means whereby separate and independent adjustments of the several parts may be secured. j

IVhile I have illustrated certain details of construction whereby the several operations desired may be secured, I wish it understood claim is:

1. In` a beet harvester, the combination with 'a/ wheeled frame,v of a rotatable extractor adapted' to successively clamp, draw and release the beets and including a cir-- cular series of pairs of beet top engaging jaws, the jaws Lof veach-"pair having'out- 'wardly and medially extendingfjprongs adapted to raise the fallen leaves of the beet top into position to be'enga'ge'd by the-jaws.

2. 4The, combination with a wheeled frame, of a rotatable beet. extractor adapted to successively clamp, draw and release the beets, and a groundv engaging member having the form of a, shovelplow disposed below and rearwardA of the lowest point. of travel of the extractor and in alinement-with the extractor whereby the ground beneath the' beets may be loosened andthe beets raised asv they. are lifted. 'cally adjust it and hold it in its adjustedVIA position, I have provided, with the double ,3. A beet harvester including a rotatable .element having a plurality of pairs of jaws movable in a closed path, meansl for closing and opening the jaws at separa-ted points in the' path of movement, and a ground engagin-g member Aoperating in conjunction with said jaws disposed below and rearward of the lowest point of travel of said jaws and ini alinement therewith whereby to loosen the ground beneath the beet and raise the beet at the time that the beet is engaged r and lifted by the jaws.

4. A harvesting machine including a rotatable element vhaving a plurality of inde- 'pendent disconnected pairs of jaws, means .forclosing and opening the jaws at separate points in their path of movementand a -knife disposed adjacent to the path of move' ment of' the jaws.

5'. In a 'beet harvester, the combination with a wheeled frame, o f a rotatable eX- tractor adapted to successively clamp, draw and release the'beets and including a drum, a'plurality of pairs of oppositelydisposed radially directed arms operatively supported on the drum for pivotal movement in 'a plane transverse to the plane of rotation of the drum and carrying beet gripping jaws, a shiftable actuating member operatively mounted upon the drum in conjunction with. each pair of jaws-and operatively engagedv -,with the arms thereof to causean oscillation of the arms into or out of agripping posi tion, and a cam operatively mounted upon the frame and disposed in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of the .drum and engaging said actuating members.

6; In a beet harvester, the combination.

with a wheeled frame, of a rotatable beet eX- iio tractor adapted to successively clamp, draw and release the beetsand including a drum, a. plurality -of radially disposed frames mounted upon' the drum, a pair of oppositely disposed radially extending arms pivotally supported on each frame forl movement in a plane transverse to the Plane of iso rotation of the drum and frame, said arms` oscillation of thearms into or out of a gripping position, and a cam disposed parallel to the path of movement of the drinn and l arms, an actuating member operatively engaging said members.

7. rThe combination with a wheeled frame, of a rotatable beet extractor adapted to successively clamp, draw and release the beets and including a drum, al plurality of radially extending framesV mounted upon the drum, a pair of oppositely disposed radial arms pivotally mounted upon each of said frames for movement in a plane transverse to the plane of rotation of the drum and the frames, said arms carrying beet gripping jaws, a shiftable actuating member mounted upon each frame, a gear wheel connected to said member to rotate therewith,;a pinion with which said gear wheel engages, operative connections between the pinion and the arms, a spring urging said member into a projected position, and a cam disposed parallel to the path of movement of the drum and engaging with all of said actuating members to shift them into a position to close the jaws.

8. In a beet harvester, the combination with av wheeled frame, of a rotatable extractor adapted to successively clamp, draw and release the beets including a drum, a plurality of radially disposed'frames mounted on the drum, a pair of oppositely disposed radially extending arms pivotally mounted upon each frame for movement in a plane transverse to the plane of rotation of the drum, said arms carrying beet gripping jaws, the arms being extended below the pivotal axis thereof, means engaging the inner ends of said arms to thereby steady the operatively mounted upon each frame, an operative connection between the actuating member andsaid arms, a spring urgingsaid actuating member into a position to open the jaws on the arms, and a cam disposed parallel to the path of movement of the-drum and adapted.

to engage the actuating members to cause the closing of said arms. 9. The combination with a wheeled frame,

'of a beet extractor adapted to .successively draw and, release the beets and including a drum, a plurality of pairs of radially disposed frames, theframes of each pair being mounted in spaced relationto each other,l a pair of arms pivotally supported upon and disposed between each pair of frames, a gear wheel rotatably mounted upon each pair of frames and having an outwardly extending actuating arm carried thereby, a' pinion also operatively supported upon each pair of frames andfengaging the gear wheel, links posed parallel to the path of movement of Ithe drum and adapted to engage said actuating arms to cause the closing of the jaws. l0. 'A harvesting machine of the character described comprising a rotatable member having a plurality of radially disposed pairsof jaw carrying levers each pivotally mounted at its lower end, jaws carried at the outer end of the levers, a rock shaft for each pair 0f *said members having links connected each to one of said members, and means for rotating said shaft including anloutwardly projecting arm, and a fixed cam disposed concentric to the common center of the said supporting members and engagingwith theI several arms to cause the closing of said levers at a predetermined point in the movement of the member and the releasing of said levers at another predetermined point.

l1. Inca machine of the` character `described, an outer frame, a supporting frame, means on the outer frame forraising or lowering the supporting frame, a shovel plow mounted upon the inner frame for vertical adjustment, a rotatable element mounted upon the inner frame forward of and in line with the plow and comprising a plurality of pairs of radially projecting jaw supporting members, jaws carried thereby, means for causing each pair'of jawsupporting members to close toward each other at the beginning of the upward and rearward movement of said members, said means permitting the opening of the jaw supporting members, at Aanother predetermined point in jaws, means coacting with the knife for lill@ discharging the portions of the vegetables f,

cut bythe knife into one portion of the machine, and means disposed belowthe jaws and adapted to vreceive the portion of the vegetable released by the jaws, said means acting to distributesaid portion to another part of the machine. l

.12. YIn amachine of the character described, a wheeled supportingv frame, v a` frame adjustably supported by the first-- named'frame, a shovel plow supported by said second-named framefa rotatable beet pulling element rotatably mounted upon the f second-named frame and comprising a plu rality of pairs of jaws, said element being disposed in advance of and above the shovel plow and in alinement'therewith, means for automatically closing each pair of jaws upon the upward and rearward movement thereof and at a point slightly in advance of the forward edge of theplow and opening each pair of vjaws as they ymove downf ward and rearward, a knife disposed adja- Cent the path of movementof the jaws but above the point where the jaws open, a chute" coaeting with the knife, a carrier into which the chute discharges, a carrier disposed below the point where the jaws open, receptacles into which said carriers discharge, and means operated by the traction wheels ofthe HENRY .HOLUB Witnesses J. H.` CHRoMCoK, I.. H. VYVIAL. 

